Rollers (Coraciidae)
Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis) - HBW 6, p. 375
French: Rolle à gorge bleue
German: Blaukehlroller
Spanish: Carraca Gorgiazul
Taxonomy: Eurystomus gularis Vieillot, 1819, Sierra Leone.
Has been treated as forming a superspecies with E. glaucurus, the two being very similar morphologically and behaviourally; range of E. glaucurus, however, fully encompasses that of present species, and both probably better regarded as independent species. Races intergrade in SE Nigeria and SW Cameroon. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gularis Vieillot, 1819 - Guinea to SE Nigeria and SW Cameroon.
- neglectus Neumann, 1908 - SE Nigeria and S Cameroon E to C Uganda, and S to NW Angola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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front view perched Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp neglectus)
Martin Kennewell 3 June 2004 1 year ago 15 sec 3.4 -
1 bird in the top of a very big tree Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp neglectus)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 September 2010 2 years ago 13 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree, looking around Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp neglectus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 21 sec 3
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A distant bird perched on a branch
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp gularis)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A pair of birds perched close overhead
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp gularis)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Perched
Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp neglectus)
Jason Anderson 6 August 2010 2 years ago 2.9
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